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The Historical Dimensions of the American Football Field: An Exploration of Size and Origins · Sports History Network

• 0:57
  Why
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  is
• 0:58
  an
• 0:58
  American
• 0:58
  football
• 0:58
  field
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  160ft
• 1:00
  wide?
• 1:00
  Why
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  not
• 1:01
  50
• 1:01
  yards?
• 1:02
  The
• 1:02
  answer
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  involves
• 1:03
  the
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  16th
• 1:03
  century
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  chains,
• 1:04
  the
• 1:04
  legalization
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  of
• 1:05
  the
• 1:05
  forward
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  pass,
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  and
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  a
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  land
• 1:07
  survey
• 1:07
  measurement.
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  We're
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  diving
• 1:09
  into
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  the
• 1:09
  strange,
• 1:09
  arbitrary
• 1:10
  history
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  of
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  why
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  the
• 1:11
  football
• 1:11
  field
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  is
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  the
• 1:12
  size
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  that
• 1:12
  it
• 1:12
  is
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  and
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  how
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  close
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  we
• 1:14
  came
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  to
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  playing
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  a
• 1:15
  completely
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  different
• 1:16
  game
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  on
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  a
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  different
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  sized
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  playing
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  surface.
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  Stay
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  tuned
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  for
• 1:19
  the
• 1:19
  history
• 1:20
  facts
• 1:20
  to
• 1:20
  be
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  revealed.
• 1:22
  Check
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  it
• 1:22
  out.
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  Pigskin
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  Dispatch
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  video.
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  Yeah.
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  Woohoo.
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  Foreign.
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  Have
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  you
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  ever
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  sat
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  and
• 1:34
  wondered
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  why
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  is
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  a
• 1:35
  football
• 1:35
  field
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  the
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  size
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  that
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  it
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  is?
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  Well,
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  we've
• 1:38
  had
• 1:38
  that
• 1:38
  question
• 1:38
  too,
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  and
• 1:39
  we've
• 1:39
  got
• 1:39
  the
• 1:39
  guy
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  that's
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  going
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  to
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  tell
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  us
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  some
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  answers.
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  Timothy
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  P.
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  Brown
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  of
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  Football
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  Archaeology.
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  Tim,
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  welcome
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  back
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  to
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  the
• 1:44
  Pig
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  Pen.
• 1:45
  Hey
• 1:45
  there.
• 1:46
  Good
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  to
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  chat
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  with
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  you
• 1:47
  once
• 1:47
  again.
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  And
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  I've
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  waited
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  for
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  a
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  long
• 1:49
  time
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  to
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  discuss
• 1:51
  this
• 1:51
  topic.
• 1:52
  You
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  have?
• 1:53
  I,
• 1:53
  I
• 1:53
  bet
• 1:54
  you
• 1:54
  have.
• 1:54
  It's
• 1:54
  like
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  fields
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  away
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  from
• 1:57
  wondering
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  about
• 1:58
  this
• 1:58
  topic
• 1:59
  for
• 1:59
  us.
• 1:59
  And
• 2:00
  we're
• 2:00
  finally
• 2:00
  there
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  because
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  you
• 2:02
  recently
• 2:03
  wrote
• 2:03
  an
• 2:03
  article
• 2:04
  titled
• 2:05
  why
• 2:05
  football
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  fields
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  are
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  100
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  yards
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  long
• 2:07
  and
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  160ft
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  wide.
• 2:09
  Wide?
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  Why
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  wide?
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  Why
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  don't
• 2:13
  you
• 2:13
  tell
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  us
• 2:13
  why,
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  Tim?
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  Why
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  is
• 2:15
  it
• 2:15
  this
• 2:15
  size?
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  Well,
• 2:17
  I
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  don't
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  have
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  all
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  the
• 2:18
  answers,
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  but
• 2:19
  I
• 2:19
  have
• 2:20
  some
• 2:20
  of
• 2:20
  them.
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  So,
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  you
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  know,
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  it's,
• 2:24
  it's
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  one
• 2:24
  of
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  those
• 2:24
  things
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  that
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  the,
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  you
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  know,
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  just
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  the
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  dimensions
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  of
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  the
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  field
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  is
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  such
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  a
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  basic
• 2:29
  element
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  of
• 2:30
  the
• 2:30
  game,
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  you
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  know,
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  but
• 2:31
  it's
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  one
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  we
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  don't
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  think
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  about.
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  It's
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  just,
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  it's
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  like
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  a
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  given,
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  you
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  know,
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  and
• 2:35
  we
• 2:35
  know
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  Canadians
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  do
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  it
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  a
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  little
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  differently
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  and
• 2:37
  we
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  used
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  to
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  do
• 2:38
  it
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  a
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  little
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  differently,
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  but
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  you
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  know,
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  so,
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  but
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  it's
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  still
• 2:41
  like,
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  oh,
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  why
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  did
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  we
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  end
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  up
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  with
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  a
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  100
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  yard
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  by
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  a,
• 2:45
  you
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  know,
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  100
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  yards
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  by
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  160ft.
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  And
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  so,
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  so
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  you
• 2:50
  know,
• 2:50
  the
• 2:51
  fact
• 2:51
  that
• 2:51
  I
• 2:51
  mentioned
• 2:51
  that
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  the,
• 2:52
  you
• 2:52
  know,
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  our
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  field
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  changed
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  at
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  one
• 2:54
  point
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  or
• 2:55
  several
• 2:55
  points
• 2:55
  early
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  on
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  and
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  the
• 2:57
  Canadian
• 2:57
  field
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  is
• 2:58
  different
• 2:58
  even
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  though
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  the
• 2:59
  games
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  are
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  basically
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  the
• 3:00
  same.
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  Right.
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  Just
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  tells
• 3:02
  you,
• 3:02
  you
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  know,
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  all
• 3:03
  rules
• 3:03
  of
• 3:04
  games
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  are
• 3:04
  arbitrary.
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  You
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  can
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  make
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  these
• 3:05
  things
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  up.
• 3:06
  We
• 3:06
  could
• 3:06
  have
• 3:06
  them
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  be.
• 3:07
  If
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  we
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  decided
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  tomorrow
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  we'd
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  make
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  them
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  175ft
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  wide.
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  You
• 3:11
  know,
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  now
• 3:11
  we
• 3:11
  got
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  to
• 3:12
  fit
• 3:12
  them
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  in
• 3:12
  the
• 3:12
  stadiums
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  and
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  everything.
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  But
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  all
• 3:14
  these
• 3:14
  things
• 3:14
  are,
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  you
• 3:15
  can
• 3:15
  choose
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  any
• 3:15
  number
• 3:16
  you
• 3:16
  want.
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  So
• 3:17
  how
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  did
• 3:17
  they
• 3:17
  choose
• 3:17
  the
• 3:18
  numbers
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  is
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  the
• 3:19
  question.
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  And
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  so,
• 3:21
  you
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  know,
• 3:21
  the,
• 3:22
  the
• 3:22
  first
• 3:22
  American
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  football
• 3:23
  fields
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  were
• 3:24
  rugby
• 3:24
  fields.
• 3:25
  You
• 3:25
  know,
• 3:25
  we
• 3:25
  just,
• 3:25
  we
• 3:26
  basically
• 3:26
  adopted
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  the
• 3:27
  rugby
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  rules.
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  Except
• 3:29
  the
• 3:29
  first
• 3:30
  rules
• 3:30
  we
• 3:30
  created
• 3:31
  in
• 3:31
  1876,
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  we
• 3:32
  added
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  a
• 3:33
  couple.
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  And
• 3:34
  one
• 3:34
  of
• 3:34
  them,
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  we
• 3:35
  defined
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  the
• 3:36
  Football
• 3:37
  field,
• 3:37
  you
• 3:37
  know,
• 3:37
  that
• 3:38
  the
• 3:38
  early
• 3:38
  American
• 3:39
  players,
• 3:40
  you
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  know,
• 3:41
  they
• 3:41
  hadn't
• 3:41
  grown
• 3:41
  up
• 3:42
  playing
• 3:42
  rugby,
• 3:42
  and
• 3:42
  they
• 3:43
  didn't
• 3:43
  really
• 3:43
  understand
• 3:43
  they
• 3:44
  could
• 3:44
  read
• 3:44
  the
• 3:44
  rules.
• 3:44
  And
• 3:45
  they,
• 3:45
  A
• 3:45
  couple
• 3:45
  of
• 3:45
  them
• 3:46
  had
• 3:46
  played,
• 3:46
  you
• 3:46
  know,
• 3:46
  the
• 3:47
  guys
• 3:47
  from
• 3:47
  Canada
• 3:47
  and
• 3:48
  things
• 3:48
  like
• 3:48
  that,
• 3:49
  but
• 3:49
  they
• 3:49
  didn't
• 3:49
  really
• 3:49
  understand
• 3:50
  how
• 3:50
  rugby
• 3:51
  was
• 3:51
  played.
• 3:51
  So
• 3:51
  they,
• 3:52
  they
• 3:52
  were
• 3:52
  kind
• 3:52
  of
• 3:53
  reading
• 3:53
  the
• 3:53
  rules,
• 3:53
  trying
• 3:54
  to
• 3:54
  figure
• 3:54
  out,
• 3:54
  how
• 3:54
  does
• 3:55
  this
• 3:55
  work?
• 3:56
  And
• 3:56
  it
• 3:56
  wasn't
• 3:56
  as
• 3:57
  specific
• 3:57
  as
• 3:57
  they
• 3:57
  wanted
• 3:58
  it
• 3:58
  to
• 3:58
  be.
• 3:58
  So,
• 3:58
  you
• 3:59
  know,
• 3:59
  Americans
• 4:00
  started
• 4:01
  documenting
• 4:01
  the
• 4:02
  rules
• 4:02
  more.
• 4:02
  And
• 4:03
  when
• 4:03
  in
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  first
• 4:04
  set
• 4:04
  of
• 4:05
  first
• 4:05
  year,
• 4:06
  they
• 4:06
  define
• 4:06
  the
• 4:07
  rule
• 4:07
  or
• 4:07
  the
• 4:07
  field
• 4:08
  as
• 4:08
  being
• 4:08
  140
• 4:10
  by
• 4:10
  70
• 4:11
  yards.
• 4:12
  And
• 4:13
  you
• 4:14
  know,
• 4:14
  how
• 4:14
  that
• 4:14
  came
• 4:15
  about,
• 4:15
  you
• 4:15
  know,
• 4:16
  who
• 4:16
  knows?
• 4:16
  But,
• 4:17
  you
• 4:17
  know,
• 4:17
  generally,
• 4:18
  even
• 4:18
  like
• 4:18
  back
• 4:18
  in
• 4:18
  the
• 4:19
  uk,
• 4:19
  they
• 4:19
  didn't
• 4:19
  have
• 4:20
  a
• 4:20
  set.
• 4:21
  Rugby
• 4:21
  did
• 4:22
  not
• 4:22
  have
• 4:22
  a
• 4:22
  set
• 4:22
  dimension
• 4:23
  for
• 4:23
  their
• 4:23
  field.
• 4:24
  They
• 4:24
  tended
• 4:25
  to
• 4:25
  be
• 4:25
  around
• 4:26
  a
• 4:26
  number
• 4:27
  like
• 4:27
  that,
• 4:28
  you
• 4:28
  know,
• 4:28
  100
• 4:29
  to
• 4:29
  140
• 4:30
  yards
• 4:31
  long,
• 4:31
  150
• 4:32
  yards
• 4:32
  long.
• 4:32
  That
• 4:33
  kind
• 4:33
  of
• 4:33
  makes
• 4:33
  sense
• 4:33
  though,
• 4:34
  doesn't
• 4:34
  it,
• 4:34
  that
• 4:34
  the
• 4:34
  field
• 4:35
  is
• 4:35
  half
• 4:36
  as
• 4:36
  wide
• 4:37
  as
• 4:37
  it
• 4:37
  is
• 4:37
  long?
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  mean,
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  mean,
• 4:38
  dimensionally,
• 4:39
  that's
• 4:39
  proportionate
• 4:40
  to
• 4:40
  each
• 4:40
  other.
• 4:41
  Yeah,
• 4:41
  I
• 4:41
  mean,
• 4:41
  that's
• 4:41
  one
• 4:42
  way
• 4:42
  of
• 4:42
  looking
• 4:42
  at
• 4:42
  it.
• 4:42
  Yes.
• 4:43
  And.
• 4:44
  But,
• 4:45
  like,
• 4:45
  you
• 4:45
  know,
• 4:45
  they
• 4:46
  didn't
• 4:46
  have,
• 4:46
  like,
• 4:46
  football
• 4:47
  fields
• 4:47
  or
• 4:47
  rugby
• 4:48
  fields.
• 4:48
  It
• 4:48
  was
• 4:49
  just
• 4:49
  like
• 4:50
  this
• 4:51
  plot
• 4:51
  of
• 4:51
  land
• 4:52
  on
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  school
• 4:52
  grounds
• 4:53
  was
• 4:53
  that
• 4:53
  size.
• 4:54
  So
• 4:54
  we
• 4:54
  played
• 4:54
  to
• 4:55
  that
• 4:55
  size.
• 4:55
  Right.
• 4:55
  Or
• 4:56
  this,
• 4:57
  this
• 4:57
  part
• 4:57
  of
• 4:57
  the
• 4:57
  town
• 4:58
  square
• 4:58
  was
• 4:59
  that
• 4:59
  big.
• 4:59
  So
• 4:59
  that's
• 4:59
  where,
• 5:00
  you
• 5:00
  know,
• 5:00
  that's,
• 5:01
  you
• 5:01
  know,
• 5:01
  it
• 5:02
  wasn't
• 5:02
  like
• 5:02
  they
• 5:02
  didn't
• 5:02
  have
• 5:03
  stadiums.
• 5:03
  The
• 5:04
  two
• 5:04
  oak
• 5:04
  trees
• 5:04
  are
• 5:04
  just
• 5:05
  that
• 5:05
  far
• 5:05
  apart.
• 5:06
  Exactly.
• 5:06
  Yeah.
• 5:07
  I
• 5:07
  mean,
• 5:07
  fire
• 5:07
  hydrant,
• 5:08
  you
• 5:08
  know,
• 5:09
  how
• 5:09
  far
• 5:09
  apart
• 5:10
  of
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  fire
• 5:10
  hydrants.
• 5:11
  So,
• 5:12
  I
• 5:13
  mean,
• 5:13
  so
• 5:13
  that's,
• 5:13
  you
• 5:13
  know,
• 5:13
  so
• 5:14
  there
• 5:14
  wasn't.
• 5:14
  There
• 5:15
  really
• 5:15
  wasn't
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  need
• 5:16
  to
• 5:16
  define
• 5:16
  them.
• 5:16
  And
• 5:17
  then.
• 5:17
  But,
• 5:19
  you
• 5:19
  know,
• 5:19
  as
• 5:19
  teams
• 5:20
  from
• 5:20
  different
• 5:20
  parts
• 5:21
  of
• 5:21
  the
• 5:21
  country
• 5:22
  started
• 5:22
  playing
• 5:22
  one
• 5:23
  another,
• 5:23
  they
• 5:23
  were
• 5:23
  looking
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  have
• 5:24
  more
• 5:24
  standardized
• 5:25
  rules
• 5:25
  that,
• 5:26
  that
• 5:26
  you
• 5:26
  could
• 5:26
  practice
• 5:27
  to
• 5:27
  and,
• 5:28
  you
• 5:28
  know,
• 5:28
  become
• 5:28
  proficient.
• 5:29
  That.
• 5:30
  So
• 5:30
  then
• 5:31
  the,
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  IFA,
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  Inner
• 5:35
  Intercollegiate
• 5:36
  Football
• 5:36
  association
• 5:36
  in
• 5:37
  the
• 5:37
  US
• 5:38
  shortened
• 5:38
  the
• 5:39
  field
• 5:39
  to
• 5:40
  110
• 5:40
  yards
• 5:41
  in
• 5:41
  19
• 5:42
  or
• 5:42
  in
• 5:42
  1879,
• 5:44
  and.
• 5:45
  Which
• 5:46
  is
• 5:46
  kind
• 5:46
  of
• 5:47
  funny,
• 5:47
  but
• 5:49
  only
• 5:49
  because
• 5:50
  the.
• 5:51
  There's.
• 5:52
  There's
• 5:52
  a
• 5:53
  lot
• 5:53
  of.
• 5:55
  Actually,
• 5:55
  I'm
• 5:55
  gonna.
• 5:56
  I'm
• 5:56
  gonna
• 5:56
  skip
• 5:56
  to
• 5:57
  that.
• 5:57
  I'm
• 5:57
  gonna
• 5:58
  skip
• 5:58
  where
• 5:58
  I
• 5:58
  was
• 5:58
  going.
• 5:58
  But
• 5:59
  so
• 5:59
  they
• 6:00
  defined
• 6:00
  it
• 6:00
  as
• 6:00
  110
• 6:01
  yards
• 6:02
  in
• 6:02
  1879.
• 6:04
  So
• 6:04
  they
• 6:04
  shortened
• 6:05
  it
• 6:05
  from,
• 6:06
  you
• 6:06
  know,
• 6:06
  from
• 6:06
  140.
• 6:08
  And
• 6:08
  so
• 6:09
  it's
• 6:09
  like,
• 6:09
  okay,
• 6:09
  well,
• 6:10
  why
• 6:10
  would
• 6:10
  you
• 6:10
  come
• 6:11
  up
• 6:11
  with
• 6:11
  110?
• 6:12
  You
• 6:12
  know,
• 6:12
  it's
• 6:13
  not
• 6:13
  like
• 6:13
  a
• 6:13
  normal
• 6:14
  number.
• 6:15
  But
• 6:15
  it
• 6:15
  really
• 6:16
  comes
• 6:16
  back
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  the
• 6:17
  fact
• 6:17
  that,
• 6:17
  you
• 6:17
  know,
• 6:17
  back
• 6:18
  in
• 6:18
  the
• 6:18
  UK
• 6:20
  there
• 6:20
  was
• 6:20
  this
• 6:20
  guy
• 6:22
  back
• 6:23
  in
• 6:23
  a
• 6:23
  guy
• 6:23
  named
• 6:24
  Edmund
• 6:24
  gunter
• 6:25
  in
• 6:26
  like
• 6:26
  18
• 6:26
  or
• 6:27
  1608
• 6:27
  or
• 6:28
  something
• 6:28
  like
• 6:28
  that.
• 6:29
  He
• 6:29
  invents
• 6:30
  this
• 6:30
  measurement
• 6:32
  tool
• 6:33
  for
• 6:34
  surveying,
• 6:35
  and
• 6:36
  it
• 6:36
  was
• 6:36
  called
• 6:36
  chains.
• 6:37
  It
• 6:37
  was
• 6:37
  like
• 6:37
  two
• 6:37
  poles
• 6:38
  with
• 6:38
  a
• 6:38
  bunch
• 6:38
  of
• 6:39
  metal
• 6:39
  links
• 6:40
  in
• 6:40
  between.
• 6:40
  And
• 6:41
  each
• 6:42
  chain
• 6:42
  was.
• 6:44
  Had
• 6:44
  100
• 6:44
  links
• 6:45
  that
• 6:45
  was
• 6:45
  22
• 6:46
  yards
• 6:47
  long
• 6:47
  or
• 6:47
  66ft
• 6:48
  long.
• 6:49
  Long.
• 6:50
  And
• 6:50
  so
• 6:51
  you
• 6:51
  go,
• 6:51
  okay,
• 6:52
  why
• 6:52
  would
• 6:52
  you
• 6:52
  do
• 6:52
  that?
• 6:53
  You
• 6:53
  know,
• 6:53
  that
• 6:54
  makes
• 6:54
  no
• 6:54
  sense.
• 6:55
  And
• 6:55
  was
• 6:55
  because
• 6:56
  they.
• 6:57
  The
• 6:57
  primary
• 6:58
  way
• 6:58
  to
• 6:58
  measure
• 6:59
  properties
• 7:00
  in
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  UK
• 7:01
  was
• 7:02
  based
• 7:02
  on
• 7:02
  furlongs,
• 7:04
  which
• 7:04
  was
• 7:04
  the
• 7:05
  length
• 7:05
  of
• 7:05
  a
• 7:05
  fur
• 7:06
  furrow
• 7:07
  in
• 7:07
  a
• 7:07
  farm
• 7:07
  field.
• 7:08
  And
• 7:08
  those
• 7:09
  were
• 7:09
  standardized
• 7:10
  as
• 7:10
  being.
• 7:12
  As
• 7:13
  being
• 7:13
  220
• 7:14
  yards
• 7:14
  long.
• 7:15
  So
• 7:15
  his
• 7:16
  set
• 7:16
  of
• 7:16
  chains
• 7:18
  was
• 7:18
  one
• 7:18
  tenth
• 7:19
  of
• 7:19
  a
• 7:19
  furlong.
• 7:20
  Okay,
• 7:21
  so
• 7:21
  that
• 7:21
  made
• 7:21
  sense.
• 7:22
  He's
• 7:22
  kind
• 7:22
  of
• 7:22
  doing
• 7:22
  a
• 7:22
  metric
• 7:23
  thing
• 7:23
  on
• 7:23
  a
• 7:23
  furlong.
• 7:24
  Is
• 7:25
  that
• 7:25
  the
• 7:25
  same
• 7:25
  furlongs
• 7:26
  like
• 7:26
  they
• 7:26
  use
• 7:26
  in
• 7:26
  horseries?
• 7:27
  Yeah,
• 7:28
  okay.
• 7:28
  Yep.
• 7:29
  And
• 7:30
  a
• 7:31
  square
• 7:31
  furlong.
• 7:32
  So
• 7:32
  a
• 7:32
  length.
• 7:32
  That
• 7:33
  is
• 7:33
  a
• 7:33
  furlong
• 7:33
  by
• 7:34
  a
• 7:34
  furlong.
• 7:34
  Furlong,
• 7:35
  like
• 7:35
  an
• 7:35
  area
• 7:36
  furlong
• 7:36
  by
• 7:37
  furlong.
• 7:38
  We
• 7:38
  call
• 7:38
  that
• 7:39
  an
• 7:39
  acre.
• 7:41
  Right.
• 7:41
  So
• 7:42
  I
• 7:42
  mean,
• 7:42
  okay,
• 7:42
  we
• 7:43
  all
• 7:43
  know
• 7:43
  about
• 7:43
  acres
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  you
• 7:44
  know
• 7:44
  about
• 7:45
  furlongs
• 7:45
  because
• 7:46
  of
• 7:47
  horse
• 7:47
  racing,
• 7:48
  but
• 7:48
  that's
• 7:49
  where
• 7:49
  that
• 7:49
  comes
• 7:49
  from.
• 7:50
  And
• 7:50
  so
• 7:51
  when
• 7:51
  they
• 7:51
  were.
• 7:52
  And
• 7:53
  then
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  other
• 7:53
  piece
• 7:54
  of
• 7:54
  that
• 7:54
  is,
• 7:55
  the
• 7:55
  Romans
• 7:56
  had
• 7:56
  said
• 7:57
  that
• 7:58
  a.
• 7:59
  A
• 8:00
  mile
• 8:00
  is
• 8:00
  5,000ft,
• 8:02
  but
• 8:03
  the
• 8:03
  English
• 8:04
  said,
• 8:04
  no,
• 8:04
  no,
• 8:05
  we're
• 8:05
  going
• 8:05
  to
• 8:05
  make
• 8:05
  it.
• 8:08
  Yeah,
• 8:08
  we're
• 8:08
  going
• 8:08
  to
• 8:09
  do
• 8:09
  it
• 8:09
  based
• 8:09
  on
• 8:09
  eight
• 8:10
  furlongs,
• 8:10
  which
• 8:11
  is
• 8:11
  5,280ft.
• 8:14
  Okay.
• 8:15
  I
• 8:16
  mean,
• 8:16
  again,
• 8:16
  it
• 8:16
  makes
• 8:16
  sense
• 8:17
  in
• 8:17
  a
• 8:17
  furlong
• 8:17
  world.
• 8:19
  And.
• 8:20
  But
• 8:20
  as
• 8:21
  a
• 8:21
  result.
• 8:23
  And
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  half
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  furlong
• 8:25
  is
• 8:25
  110
• 8:26
  yards.
• 8:27
  Right.
• 8:28
  So
• 8:28
  a
• 8:28
  furlong
• 8:29
  is.
• 8:30
  Is
• 8:30
  220,
• 8:31
  but
• 8:32
  a
• 8:32
  half
• 8:32
  furlong
• 8:33
  is
• 8:33
  110.
• 8:34
  And
• 8:34
  so
• 8:34
  if
• 8:35
  you're
• 8:35
  looking
• 8:35
  to
• 8:35
  standardize
• 8:37
  the
• 8:37
  field,
• 8:38
  then
• 8:39
  a
• 8:39
  half
• 8:39
  a
• 8:40
  furlong,
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  know,
• 8:41
  I
• 8:41
  mean,
• 8:42
  if,
• 8:42
  if
• 8:42
  the,
• 8:42
  if
• 8:43
  that
• 8:43
  dimension
• 8:43
  makes
• 8:44
  made
• 8:44
  sense
• 8:44
  based
• 8:45
  on
• 8:45
  the
• 8:45
  way
• 8:45
  you're
• 8:45
  playing
• 8:45
  the
• 8:46
  game
• 8:46
  anyways,
• 8:46
  that's
• 8:47
  a
• 8:47
  pretty
• 8:47
  good
• 8:47
  way
• 8:47
  to
• 8:47
  do
• 8:48
  it.
• 8:48
  It's
• 8:48
  five
• 8:48
  chains,
• 8:49
  half
• 8:49
  a
• 8:50
  furlong.
• 8:51
  Right.
• 8:53
  And
• 8:53
  then,
• 8:53
  you
• 8:53
  know,
• 8:54
  so.
• 8:55
  So
• 8:55
  that's
• 8:56
  basically
• 8:56
  how.
• 8:57
  And
• 8:57
  then
• 8:57
  rugby
• 8:58
  did
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  same
• 8:58
  thing
• 8:58
  they
• 8:59
  did
• 8:59
  a
• 8:59
  little
• 8:59
  bit
• 8:59
  after
• 9:00
  American
• 9:00
  football,
• 9:01
  but
• 9:01
  then
• 9:01
  they
• 9:01
  standardized
• 9:02
  on
• 9:02
  110
• 9:03
  yards
• 9:04
  as
• 9:04
  well.
• 9:05
  So
• 9:05
  five
• 9:05
  chains.
• 9:08
  And
• 9:08
  then,
• 9:09
  so
• 9:09
  then,
• 9:11
  then
• 9:11
  we
• 9:11
  get
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  issue
• 9:12
  of
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  width
• 9:13
  of
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  field.
• 9:14
  And
• 9:15
  so
• 9:15
  if
• 9:15
  you
• 9:15
  look
• 9:15
  at.
• 9:16
  There's
• 9:16
  a
• 9:16
  lot
• 9:16
  of.
• 9:17
  It's
• 9:18
  not
• 9:18
  like
• 9:18
  people
• 9:19
  think
• 9:19
  about
• 9:19
  and
• 9:19
  write
• 9:19
  this
• 9:19
  stuff
• 9:20
  all
• 9:20
  the
• 9:20
  time,
• 9:20
  but
• 9:21
  if
• 9:21
  you
• 9:21
  look
• 9:21
  for
• 9:22
  an
• 9:22
  explanation
• 9:22
  of
• 9:23
  how
• 9:23
  we
• 9:23
  got
• 9:23
  to
• 9:24
  160ft.
• 9:27
  A
• 9:27
  lot
• 9:27
  of,
• 9:28
  a
• 9:28
  lot
• 9:28
  of
• 9:28
  the
• 9:29
  explanations
• 9:30
  will
• 9:30
  tell
• 9:30
  you
• 9:31
  that
• 9:31
  it's
• 9:32
  Walter
• 9:32
  Camp.
• 9:33
  And
• 9:33
  it
• 9:33
  came
• 9:34
  about
• 9:34
  in
• 9:34
  1980
• 9:35
  because
• 9:36
  we
• 9:36
  went
• 9:36
  from
• 9:37
  15
• 9:37
  to
• 9:37
  11
• 9:38
  players
• 9:38
  in
• 9:39
  the
• 9:39
  1880
• 9:39
  rules.
• 9:40
  The
• 9:41
  IFA
• 9:41
  is
• 9:41
  1880
• 9:42
  rules.
• 9:43
  And,
• 9:45
  and
• 9:46
  you
• 9:46
  know,
• 9:46
  we
• 9:46
  went
• 9:46
  to
• 9:46
  a
• 9:46
  system
• 9:47
  of
• 9:47
  downs
• 9:47
  and
• 9:48
  anyways,
• 9:48
  supposedly
• 9:49
  that
• 9:49
  was
• 9:49
  the
• 9:49
  reason
• 9:50
  for
• 9:51
  making
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  field
• 9:51
  smaller
• 9:52
  or
• 9:54
  narrower.
• 9:56
  But
• 9:56
  then
• 9:56
  it
• 9:57
  turns
• 9:57
  out
• 9:57
  that
• 9:58
  if
• 9:58
  you
• 9:58
  look
• 9:58
  at,
• 9:59
  at
• 10:01
  Park
• 10:01
  Davis's
• 10:02
  book,
• 10:02
  he's
• 10:03
  got
• 10:03
  the
• 10:03
  meeting
• 10:04
  minutes
• 10:04
  from
• 10:04
  the
• 10:04
  IFA
• 10:05
  meetings
• 10:05
  in
• 10:05
  the
• 10:05
  appendix
• 10:06
  and
• 10:07
  it
• 10:07
  tells
• 10:07
  you
• 10:07
  that
• 10:08
  1879
• 10:10
  Kent
• 10:10
  proposed
• 10:11
  like,
• 10:11
  I
• 10:11
  forget
• 10:12
  what
• 10:12
  it
• 10:12
  was
• 10:12
  like,
• 10:13
  much
• 10:13
  larger
• 10:14
  field
• 10:14
  because
• 10:14
  he
• 10:15
  liked
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  open
• 10:15
  play
• 10:15
  thing,
• 10:16
  right.
• 10:16
  So
• 10:17
  he
• 10:17
  actually
• 10:17
  wanted
• 10:17
  a
• 10:17
  larger
• 10:18
  field
• 10:18
  with
• 10:18
  fewer
• 10:19
  people.
• 10:20
  The
• 10:20
  IFA
• 10:21
  rejects
• 10:21
  it
• 10:21
  and
• 10:21
  says,
• 10:21
  no,
• 10:22
  we're
• 10:22
  going
• 10:22
  to
• 10:22
  go
• 10:22
  with.
• 10:24
  We're
• 10:25
  going
• 10:25
  to
• 10:25
  go
• 10:25
  with
• 10:25
  160ft.
• 10:27
  And
• 10:27
  then
• 10:28
  if
• 10:28
  you
• 10:28
  look
• 10:28
  at
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  1879
• 10:29
  rule
• 10:29
  book,
• 10:30
  it's
• 10:30
  in
• 10:30
  there.
• 10:30
  You
• 10:31
  know,
• 10:31
  the
• 10:31
  field
• 10:31
  is,
• 10:32
  you
• 10:33
  know,
• 10:33
  such
• 10:34
  and
• 10:34
  such
• 10:34
  length
• 10:34
  and
• 10:34
  160ft.
• 10:36
  So
• 10:36
  that
• 10:37
  whole
• 10:37
  thing
• 10:37
  obviously
• 10:38
  is
• 10:38
  wrong
• 10:38
  because,
• 10:39
  you
• 10:39
  know,
• 10:39
  it
• 10:39
  changed
• 10:40
  before
• 10:42
  the
• 10:42
  reduced
• 10:42
  number
• 10:43
  of
• 10:43
  players
• 10:43
  on
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  field
• 10:44
  and
• 10:44
  Camp
• 10:45
  was
• 10:45
  arguing
• 10:46
  to
• 10:46
  expand
• 10:46
  the
• 10:46
  size
• 10:47
  of
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  field.
• 10:48
  So
• 10:48
  anyways,
• 10:48
  now
• 10:49
  why
• 10:49
  they
• 10:49
  chose
• 10:49
  160,
• 10:50
  I
• 10:50
  have
• 10:50
  no
• 10:50
  idea.
• 10:51
  Yeah,
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  I've
• 10:51
  tried
• 10:52
  to
• 10:52
  because
• 10:53
  it's
• 10:53
  like
• 10:53
  0.727-272-7272
• 10:57
  of
• 10:57
  a
• 10:57
  furlong.
• 10:58
  So,
• 10:58
  you
• 10:59
  know,
• 10:59
  that
• 10:59
  doesn't
• 11:00
  seem
• 11:00
  real
• 11:00
  logical.
• 11:01
  So
• 11:01
  I'm
• 11:01
  not
• 11:01
  sure
• 11:02
  what
• 11:02
  the,
• 11:02
  you
• 11:03
  know,
• 11:03
  I'd
• 11:03
  love
• 11:03
  for
• 11:03
  somebody
• 11:04
  to
• 11:04
  come
• 11:04
  up
• 11:04
  with
• 11:04
  a
• 11:05
  rationale.
• 11:06
  I
• 11:06
  haven't,
• 11:07
  you
• 11:07
  know.
• 11:08
  Yeah,
• 11:08
  I
• 11:08
  always,
• 11:09
  I've
• 11:09
  always
• 11:09
  wondered
• 11:10
  that,
• 11:10
  you
• 11:10
  know,
• 11:10
  because
• 11:10
  when
• 11:11
  I
• 11:11
  officiated,
• 11:12
  of
• 11:12
  course,
• 11:12
  you
• 11:12
  know,
• 11:13
  we
• 11:13
  knew
• 11:13
  that
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  field
• 11:14
  was
• 11:14
  100
• 11:14
  yards
• 11:14
  long,
• 11:15
  goal
• 11:15
  line
• 11:15
  to
• 11:15
  goal
• 11:15
  line,
• 11:16
  53
• 11:16
  and
• 11:16
  a
• 11:17
  third
• 11:17
  or
• 11:17
  whatever.
• 11:18
  I
• 11:18
  think
• 11:18
  that
• 11:18
  equates
• 11:19
  out
• 11:19
  to
• 11:19
  your
• 11:19
  160ft.
• 11:21
  So
• 11:21
  we
• 11:22
  knew
• 11:22
  that
• 11:22
  and
• 11:22
  the
• 11:22
  nine
• 11:22
  yard
• 11:23
  marks
• 11:23
  were,
• 11:24
  you
• 11:24
  know,
• 11:24
  nine
• 11:24
  yards
• 11:24
  off
• 11:25
  the
• 11:25
  sideline
• 11:25
  and
• 11:25
  all
• 11:25
  that.
• 11:26
  But
• 11:26
  I
• 11:26
  always
• 11:26
  couldn't
• 11:27
  figure
• 11:27
  out,
• 11:27
  I'm
• 11:27
  like,
• 11:27
  why
• 11:28
  did
• 11:28
  they
• 11:28
  just
• 11:28
  make
• 11:28
  it
• 11:29
  50
• 11:29
  yards
• 11:29
  wide,
• 11:30
  you
• 11:30
  know,
• 11:30
  or,
• 11:31
  or
• 11:31
  if
• 11:31
  it's,
• 11:31
  you
• 11:32
  know,
• 11:32
  110
• 11:34
  and
• 11:34
  what
• 11:34
  it
• 11:35
  was
• 11:35
  before
• 11:35
  in
• 11:35
  American
• 11:36
  football
• 11:36
  and
• 11:36
  Canadian
• 11:37
  football,
• 11:37
  why
• 11:37
  isn't
• 11:37
  it
• 11:38
  55
• 11:38
  yards
• 11:38
  wide
• 11:39
  instead
• 11:39
  of
• 11:39
  53?
• 11:40
  It's
• 11:40
  just
• 11:40
  kind
• 11:40
  of
• 11:41
  crazy.
• 11:41
  Yeah.
• 11:42
  Yeah.
• 11:42
  So
• 11:43
  I
• 11:43
  mean,
• 11:43
  I've
• 11:43
  tried
• 11:44
  to
• 11:44
  figure
• 11:44
  it
• 11:44
  out
• 11:44
  and,
• 11:46
  you
• 11:46
  know,
• 11:46
  so
• 11:46
  far,
• 11:46
  you
• 11:47
  know,
• 11:47
  haven't
• 11:47
  come
• 11:47
  up
• 11:47
  with
• 11:47
  it,
• 11:47
  but,
• 11:49
  you
• 11:49
  know,
• 11:49
  maybe
• 11:49
  somebody
• 11:50
  else
• 11:50
  out
• 11:50
  there
• 11:51
  has
• 11:51
  written
• 11:52
  it
• 11:52
  up
• 11:52
  or
• 11:52
  figured
• 11:52
  it
• 11:52
  out
• 11:53
  somehow.
• 11:53
  So
• 11:53
  you
• 11:53
  know,
• 11:53
  love
• 11:54
  to,
• 11:54
  love
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  hear
• 11:54
  any
• 11:54
  kind
• 11:54
  of
• 11:55
  comments.
• 11:55
  But
• 11:57
  then
• 11:57
  we
• 11:57
  still
• 11:57
  had
• 11:57
  the
• 11:57
  hundred
• 11:58
  yard
• 11:58
  field
• 11:58
  too.
• 11:59
  You
• 11:59
  know,
• 11:59
  that
• 11:59
  change
• 12:00
  too
• 12:01
  still
• 12:01
  had
• 12:01
  to
• 12:02
  come
• 12:02
  which
• 12:02
  was
• 12:03
  the,
• 12:03
  you
• 12:04
  know,
• 12:04
  so
• 12:04
  like,
• 12:06
  you
• 12:06
  know,
• 12:06
  we
• 12:07
  had
• 12:07
  the
• 12:07
  100,
• 12:07
  we
• 12:07
  had
• 12:08
  110
• 12:08
  yard
• 12:08
  field.
• 12:09
  But
• 12:09
  then
• 12:09
  when
• 12:09
  we,
• 12:09
  you
• 12:10
  know,
• 12:12
  when
• 12:12
  they
• 12:12
  introduced
• 12:13
  the
• 12:13
  forward
• 12:13
  pass
• 12:13
  or
• 12:14
  legalized
• 12:14
  Forward
• 12:14
  Pass
• 12:14
  in
• 12:15
  1906,
• 12:16
  the
• 12:16
  rule
• 12:16
  was
• 12:16
  you
• 12:17
  couldn't
• 12:17
  throw
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  ball
• 12:18
  over
• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  goal
• 12:19
  line.
• 12:19
  It
• 12:20
  couldn't,
• 12:20
  couldn't
• 12:21
  go
• 12:21
  through
• 12:21
  the
• 12:21
  air
• 12:22
  and
• 12:22
  it
• 12:22
  couldn't
• 12:22
  bounce
• 12:23
  over
• 12:24
  the
• 12:24
  goal
• 12:24
  line.
• 12:25
  And
• 12:25
  if
• 12:25
  it
• 12:26
  did,
• 12:26
  it
• 12:26
  was
• 12:26
  a
• 12:26
  touchback.
• 12:27
  So,
• 12:29
  so
• 12:29
  they
• 12:29
  ended
• 12:30
  up,
• 12:30
  they
• 12:30
  wanted
• 12:31
  to
• 12:33
  loosen
• 12:33
  up
• 12:33
  the
• 12:33
  forward
• 12:34
  pass
• 12:34
  a
• 12:34
  bit.
• 12:34
  So
• 12:35
  say,
• 12:35
  okay,
• 12:35
  we're
• 12:35
  going
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  allow
• 12:36
  people
• 12:36
  to
• 12:36
  throw
• 12:36
  the
• 12:37
  ball
• 12:37
  over
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  goal
• 12:38
  line.
• 12:39
  They
• 12:39
  have
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  catch
• 12:39
  it.
• 12:40
  If
• 12:40
  it
• 12:40
  bounds
• 12:40
  over,
• 12:40
  then
• 12:41
  it's
• 12:41
  still
• 12:41
  a
• 12:41
  touchback.
• 12:41
  But
• 12:42
  if
• 12:42
  they
• 12:42
  catch
• 12:42
  it
• 12:43
  in
• 12:43
  the,
• 12:43
  beyond
• 12:44
  the
• 12:44
  goal
• 12:44
  line,
• 12:45
  then
• 12:45
  it's
• 12:45
  a
• 12:46
  touchdown.
• 12:47
  But
• 12:47
  we
• 12:47
  don't
• 12:48
  want
• 12:48
  them,
• 12:48
  you
• 12:49
  know,
• 12:49
  going
• 12:49
  50
• 12:50
  yards
• 12:50
  downfield
• 12:51
  behind
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  goal
• 12:51
  line.
• 12:51
  So
• 12:52
  they
• 12:52
  constrained
• 12:52
  it
• 12:53
  and
• 12:53
  they
• 12:53
  said,
• 12:53
  okay,
• 12:54
  we're
• 12:54
  going
• 12:54
  to
• 12:54
  add
• 12:54
  a
• 12:54
  10
• 12:55
  yard
• 12:55
  zone
• 12:56
  at
• 12:56
  the
• 12:56
  end
• 12:56
  of,
• 12:57
  you
• 12:57
  know,
• 12:57
  can
• 12:57
  add
• 12:57
  the
• 12:57
  end
• 12:58
  line
• 12:58
  and
• 12:58
  the
• 12:58
  end
• 12:58
  zone
• 13:00
  at
• 13:00
  the,
• 13:00
  at
• 13:00
  either
• 13:01
  end
• 13:01
  of
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  field.
• 13:02
  And
• 13:03
  then
• 13:03
  that
• 13:04
  became
• 13:04
  too
• 13:04
  large
• 13:05
  to
• 13:05
  fit
• 13:05
  in
• 13:05
  certain
• 13:06
  place
• 13:06
  like
• 13:06
  Polo
• 13:07
  Grounds
• 13:07
  in
• 13:07
  New
• 13:07
  York.
• 13:08
  So
• 13:08
  they
• 13:08
  said,
• 13:09
  okay,
• 13:09
  we,
• 13:09
  we
• 13:09
  got
• 13:09
  to
• 13:10
  shorten
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  field,
• 13:10
  we
• 13:11
  got
• 13:11
  to
• 13:11
  figure
• 13:11
  out
• 13:11
  something
• 13:12
  else.
• 13:12
  So
• 13:12
  they
• 13:12
  got
• 13:13
  rid
• 13:13
  of
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  55
• 13:13
  yard
• 13:14
  line
• 13:14
  and
• 13:15
  so
• 13:16
  we
• 13:16
  went
• 13:16
  from
• 13:16
  110
• 13:17
  yard
• 13:17
  field
• 13:17
  to
• 13:18
  100
• 13:18
  yards
• 13:19
  and
• 13:19
  we
• 13:19
  then
• 13:20
  had,
• 13:20
  you
• 13:20
  know,
• 13:20
  220
• 13:21
  yard
• 13:21
  end
• 13:22
  zones
• 13:22
  onto
• 13:23
  the
• 13:23
  field.
• 13:24
  So
• 13:24
  that
• 13:24
  was
• 13:24
  1912.
• 13:25
  And
• 13:25
  then
• 13:25
  since
• 13:25
  then
• 13:26
  the
• 13:26
  field
• 13:26
  has
• 13:26
  stayed
• 13:26
  the
• 13:26
  same
• 13:27
  in
• 13:27
  terms
• 13:27
  of
• 13:27
  the,
• 13:27
  you
• 13:28
  know,
• 13:28
  the
• 13:28
  dimensions.
• 13:30
  Yeah,
• 13:30
  great,
• 13:30
  great
• 13:31
  story,
• 13:31
  great
• 13:31
  research
• 13:32
  on,
• 13:32
  on
• 13:32
  that.
• 13:33
  But
• 13:33
  here
• 13:33
  you
• 13:34
  brought
• 13:34
  up
• 13:34
  another
• 13:34
  question
• 13:35
  when
• 13:35
  you're
• 13:35
  talking
• 13:36
  about
• 13:36
  how
• 13:36
  they
• 13:37
  were
• 13:37
  measuring
• 13:37
  the,
• 13:38
  the
• 13:38
  22
• 13:38
  and
• 13:39
  a
• 13:39
  half
• 13:39
  yards
• 13:39
  with
• 13:40
  two
• 13:40
  poles
• 13:40
  and
• 13:41
  chains,
• 13:41
  100
• 13:42
  links
• 13:42
  of
• 13:42
  chain
• 13:42
  in
• 13:42
  it.
• 13:43
  Now
• 13:44
  a
• 13:44
  couple
• 13:44
  months
• 13:45
  ago
• 13:45
  we
• 13:45
  talked
• 13:45
  about
• 13:46
  your
• 13:46
  tidbit
• 13:46
  on
• 13:47
  how
• 13:47
  they
• 13:47
  came
• 13:47
  up
• 13:47
  with
• 13:47
  the
• 13:48
  down
• 13:48
  and
• 13:48
  distance
• 13:49
  markers,
• 13:49
  what
• 13:49
  we
• 13:50
  call
• 13:50
  the
• 13:50
  chains
• 13:51
  nowadays,
• 13:51
  and
• 13:52
  they
• 13:52
  went
• 13:52
  through
• 13:52
  some
• 13:52
  different
• 13:53
  variations.
• 13:54
  If
• 13:54
  they
• 13:54
  had
• 13:55
  a
• 13:55
  measuring
• 13:55
  device
• 13:56
  back
• 13:56
  then
• 13:56
  with
• 13:57
  two
• 13:57
  poles
• 13:58
  and
• 13:58
  a
• 13:58
  chain,
• 13:59
  isn't
• 13:59
  it
• 14:00
  kind
• 14:00
  of
• 14:00
  surprising
• 14:00
  they
• 14:00
  didn't
• 14:01
  like
• 14:01
  immediately
• 14:02
  gravitate
• 14:03
  to,
• 14:03
  to
• 14:03
  that
• 14:04
  for
• 14:04
  measuring
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  10
• 14:05
  yards
• 14:05
  for
• 14:06
  first
• 14:06
  down
• 14:06
  or
• 14:06
  the
• 14:06
  5
• 14:06
  yards
• 14:07
  or
• 14:07
  wherever
• 14:07
  when
• 14:08
  they
• 14:08
  came
• 14:08
  up
• 14:08
  with
• 14:08
  it?
• 14:09
  Yeah,
• 14:09
  yeah,
• 14:10
  I
• 14:10
  mean,
• 14:10
  it's
• 14:10
  true.
• 14:12
  And
• 14:13
  so
• 14:13
  I,
• 14:13
  I
• 14:14
  don't
• 14:14
  have
• 14:14
  a,
• 14:14
  I
• 14:15
  don't
• 14:15
  have
• 14:15
  an
• 14:15
  explanation
• 14:16
  for
• 14:16
  that.
• 14:16
  But
• 14:17
  you
• 14:17
  know,
• 14:17
  your,
• 14:17
  your,
• 14:18
  the
• 14:18
  question
• 14:20
  raises
• 14:21
  a
• 14:21
  Thought.
• 14:21
  And
• 14:21
  it's
• 14:21
  just
• 14:21
  that
• 14:22
  when
• 14:23
  I,
• 14:24
  I
• 14:24
  want
• 14:24
  to
• 14:24
  say
• 14:24
  it
• 14:25
  was
• 14:25
  1892
• 14:26
  when
• 14:26
  the
• 14:26
  chains
• 14:27
  first
• 14:27
  came
• 14:27
  about
• 14:28
  and
• 14:28
  it,
• 14:28
  you
• 14:29
  know,
• 14:29
  it
• 14:29
  was
• 14:29
  like
• 14:30
  the
• 14:30
  most
• 14:31
  recent
• 14:31
  research
• 14:31
  I
• 14:32
  did
• 14:33
  said
• 14:33
  that
• 14:33
  it
• 14:33
  was.
• 14:35
  What's
• 14:35
  his
• 14:35
  name
• 14:35
  at
• 14:36
  Penn,
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  coach,
• 14:38
  I'm
• 14:38
  blanking
• 14:39
  on
• 14:39
  his
• 14:39
  name
• 14:39
  right
• 14:39
  now,
• 14:39
  but
• 14:39
  the
• 14:40
  coach
• 14:40
  at
• 14:40
  Penn,
• 14:41
  and
• 14:42
  that
• 14:42
  it
• 14:42
  was
• 14:42
  his
• 14:43
  idea.
• 14:43
  But
• 14:44
  you
• 14:44
  know,
• 14:44
  previously
• 14:45
  I
• 14:45
  thought
• 14:46
  it
• 14:46
  was
• 14:46
  the,
• 14:48
  the
• 14:49
  Crescent
• 14:50
  Athletic
• 14:51
  Club,
• 14:51
  you
• 14:51
  know,
• 14:51
  based
• 14:52
  in
• 14:52
  Brooklyn.
• 14:55
  Anyways,
• 14:56
  so
• 14:56
  they,
• 14:57
  they
• 14:57
  used
• 14:58
  it
• 14:58
  and
• 14:59
  like
• 15:00
  the
• 15:00
  rules
• 15:00
  initially
• 15:01
  said,
• 15:01
  you
• 15:01
  know,
• 15:01
  two
• 15:02
  poles
• 15:02
  connected
• 15:03
  by
• 15:03
  a
• 15:03
  stout
• 15:04
  cord.
• 15:06
  And.
• 15:07
  But
• 15:07
  even
• 15:07
  from
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  beginning
• 15:08
  there
• 15:09
  were
• 15:09
  a
• 15:09
  couple
• 15:09
  of
• 15:09
  people.
• 15:09
  So
• 15:10
  it
• 15:10
  ought
• 15:10
  to
• 15:10
  be
• 15:10
  a
• 15:10
  chain.
• 15:11
  Right.
• 15:12
  So
• 15:12
  it's
• 15:12
  not
• 15:12
  something
• 15:13
  that
• 15:13
  can
• 15:13
  be
• 15:13
  stretched.
• 15:14
  So
• 15:14
  maybe,
• 15:14
  you
• 15:15
  know,
• 15:15
  it's
• 15:15
  possible
• 15:15
  that
• 15:16
  person
• 15:16
  either
• 15:16
  just
• 15:17
  obviously
• 15:17
  knew
• 15:17
  what
• 15:17
  a
• 15:17
  chain
• 15:18
  was,
• 15:18
  but
• 15:19
  possibly
• 15:19
  even
• 15:19
  recognize,
• 15:20
  you
• 15:20
  know,
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  chains
• 15:22
  used
• 15:22
  for
• 15:23
  surveying.
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• 15:26
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• 15:27
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• 15:36
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• 15:38
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• 16:06
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• 16:27
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• 16:30
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• 16:31
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• 16:31
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• 16:32
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• 16:33
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• 16:33
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• 16:35
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